verb🔗ShareTo leave a print, impression, image, etc."For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram."markactionappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are."Because she was adopted as a baby, the faces of her adoptive parents were the first ones imprinted on her, becoming the faces of her family. "familymindhumanageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed."In genomic imprinting, a gene can be imprinted as maternal, meaning only the copy inherited from the mother will be active in the offspring. "biologybiochemistrymedicinephysiologyorganismscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareStamped or impressed."The child's handprint was imprinted in the wet cement. "markappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareProduced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome."The child's imprinted genes influenced his preference for a career in science. "physiologybiologyorganismfamilyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
